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mkenn
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December 22, 2020
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PHP Programmer and Dreamweaver

  • December 22, 2020
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I would like to hire a PHP programmer. I have old php code in dreamwever, that needs to be updated. Can I ask for a PHP programmer here, or can anyone give me recommendations where I can find a PHP programmer, who also knows Dreamweaver? I liked using Dreamweaver because the original programmer showed me how to use the validation option before I pushed the html edits in the page.
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    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 22, 2020

    Nobody cares which brand of coffee I drink or which tools I use to create code.  It's irrelevant. Tools don't build web apps, people do.

     

    You can post your job ad on Behance / Adobe Talent (free for a limited time only).

    - https://www.behance.net/joblist

    - https://www.behance.net/adobetalent

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    osgood_
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    December 22, 2020

    Tools don't build web apps, people do.

     

    Some tools are better than others and Wappler for instance, will be a good tool for some because it has the options to get those with less knowledge further. I personally don't like it because it creates its own 'style' of code outside of that recognised by the industry. If it created genuine Vue code or React code, even Javascript or genuine php code, which is widely documented and used, then I'd definitley be using it. I can't use any tool which  I view as spewing out 'bastardized' workflows. It matters to me, others not so much. There's something for everyone.

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    user1421292
    Participant
    December 23, 2020

    The learning curve of Wappler is quite steep IMO  and would be difficult for beginners .....


    In my humble opinion the main problem with wappler is when you have to program something that you cannot do with the interface.

     

    This I asked a long time ago in the wappler forum and the response of the creators was that they could not think of anything that cannot be created in Wappler and that I put an example.

     

    My example was an intranet that I had to program. Parts of it connected Oracle, with SQL Server, login to an Active Directory server ... I did not receive an answer.

     

    This app could be created with Dreamweaver + Webassist, because its code is clean, it follows a standard and the parts that obviously I cannot do I programmed by hand with php code. Despite Dreamweaver's bad reputation, and the Webasssit tools being less advanced than wappler, they produce clean, standardized code that you can easily combine with hand-coding.

     

    I have tried mixing Wappler code with hand code in the past, and it really was hell for me. I don't know if this has changed or not today. In the end I decided not to depend on this tool mainly for this reason, in addition to two other secondary ones:

     

    - Here we can talk about everything without censorship, not in their forums. Any negative reviews magically disappear from the list. It is a behavior that I do not like.

    - I don't want to use javascript and Ajax techniques for everything. They are great, very great, but they are not always necessary or convenient.

     

    Sorry for my poor English ☹. A greeting

      Jon Fritz
      Community Expert
      Jon FritzCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 22, 2020

      Unless you buy the third party extensions from DMXZone or WebAssist, DW no longer has any kind of database functionality built into the interface. Adobe had said they would bring it back, for about the last year, but changed their minds and put that on hold while they fix other problems with the program. Everything would need to be hand coded, and really any website development company that works with PHP could do it with ease, there's no need to limit yourself to finding a DW-specific developer for this.

      As for validation, DW just uses the online validator at http://validator.w3.org/nu (well, the /nu is new, but it's the same validation tool available freely online).

        BenPleysier
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        BenPleysierCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        December 22, 2020

        The Dreamweaver development team made a promise to me back in 2012 that they would resurrect server behaviours. They are now so far behind the eight ball that they have lost the game. 

         

        I now use Wappler

        Wappler is the DMXzone-made Dreamweaver replacement and includes the best of their powerful extensions, as well as much more!
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          mkennAuthor
          Participant
          December 22, 2020

          Thank you for your help. I appreciate your time and sharing this information with me.

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